Spring triticale
- Thread starter Pluggyp
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- Location
- Wiltshire
It will grow without costing much. Can be very tall, watch out for ergot it will almost certainly get some. Haven't grown it for a few years though.
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ollie989898
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Gets rust like a barsteward, for a supposedly 'disease resistant' crop!
Growth reg the arse off it, it will still end up very tall.
From memory I think I have used Atlantis ??? on it in the past, use some pre-em on it instead to keep grass weed out.
Growth reg the arse off it, it will still end up very tall.
From memory I think I have used Atlantis ??? on it in the past, use some pre-em on it instead to keep grass weed out.
- Location
- Welshpool Powys
Sprouts easily on a bad year
- Location
- Wiltshire
From experience it does not treat with caustic soda well. Took ages for the caustic to work.
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spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
i've grown bits over the years.....harvests ok around same time as ww....biggest problem is i don't know if there's a wo herbicide available....i'm tempted to grow some because protein can go high....but then again it can stay near barley
....i don't know
....i don't know
Simon Chiles
DD Moderator
- Location
- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
I've grown triticale for longer than I can remember. Needs early N ( pre GS 30 ) and pgr to make it tiller. You can take out wild oats easily. Stands drought and wet better than wheat. Can sometimes suffer from rust but some years I haven't used any fungicide. Never had ergot, only once had slight sprouting ( but still made seed grade ) never had it go flat even when it's been up to my armpits and it's blown a gale. Never had anymore straw than wheat ( sadly ) and responds better to N than wheat. Better feed value than wheat, can feed it in barley quantities to cattle as it doesn't cause acidosis. PM me if you have any questions, I don't sell it.
ZXR17
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- Location
- South Dorset
What are you using for wild oat control @Simon Chiles ?
Simon Chiles
DD Moderator
- Location
- Surrey/ Kent Border, UK
Broadway Star, takes out wild oats, brome, ryegrass and a lot more. Personally I feel that if you follow it with 1/2 rate Ally the sum of the parts is greater than the two individually but don't hold me to it!
ollie989898
Member
I suspect that is because broadway star does little for polygnums- they walk away from it and are of course common in spring crops. Metsulfuron meanwhile will kill an awful lot of BLWs that broadway would leave behind.
The florasulam component from memory nails cleavers very nicely.
ollie989898
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Depending on the size of the oats and what else you have in there, axial could be a more expensive option.
- Location
- South shropshire
Be careful with lots of muck... just don't be shy with growth reg... grew winter Trit last year... yielded less than Winter barley....
cheap to grow, just not quite cheap enough
cheap to grow, just not quite cheap enough
ollie989898
Member
Easily zapped. Put it into roots or maize for a few years, you will zap every one. I had a few fields which were wild oat central when I took them on, couldn't find a single one in the winter barley last year. Long gone.